FQCN13 CYQX 211751 MARINE FORECASTS FOR NEWFOUNDLAND ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 3:30 P.M. NDT THURSDAY 21 AUGUST 2008 FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED AT 8:00 P.M. FOG IMPLIES VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE. STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE. WIND LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS LATE THIS EVENING THEN INCREASING TO 30 EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW SHOWERS ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST GULF GULF - PORT AU PORT. WIND NORTHWEST 15 KNOTS BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 20 LATE OVERNIGHT. SOUTHWEST COAST. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 ALONG THE COAST. WIND DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 EARLY THIS EVENING AND TO LIGHT LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW SHOWERS ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING. SOUTH COAST EAST COAST. WIND SOUTHWEST 25 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 NEAR MIDNIGHT AND TO LIGHT LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW SHOWERS ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST COAST. WIND LIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS EARLY THIS EVENING THEN BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 15 LATE OVERNIGHT. WIND INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 25 FRIDAY EVENING. A FEW SHOWERS ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING. BELLE ISLE BANK - NORTHWESTERN HALF. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO LIGHT EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 25 FRIDAY EVENING. A FEW SHOWERS AND FOG PATCHES ENDING LATE OVERNIGHT. BELLE ISLE BANK - SOUTHEASTERN HALF. WIND SOUTHWEST 15 KNOTS VEERING TO NORTHWEST 20 NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN DIMINISHING TO LIGHT LATE FRIDAY MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 FRIDAY AFTERNOON THEN INCREASING TO 25 FRIDAY EVENING. A FEW SHOWERS AND FOG PATCHES ENDING LATE OVERNIGHT. FUNK ISLAND BANK. WIND SOUTHWEST 15 KNOTS VEERING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 25 FRIDAY EVENING. A FEW SHOWERS ENDING LATE OVERNIGHT. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHERN GRAND BANKS. WIND SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS VEERING TO NORTHWEST 15 EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THEN BACKING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING EARLY THIS EVENING. SOUTHEASTERN GRAND BANKS SOUTHWESTERN GRAND BANKS. WIND WEST 10 TO 15 KNOTS. END